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CHAPTER 4: The Reunion
|As soon as the spiral disappeared, Selene turned around and gave a childish smile, " Because I am from the Dragon Realm."|
NATSU/POV
'Dragon Realm? How's that possible? Igneel never told me about a Dragon Realm. If that's where she's from then she has to know something about the disappearance of our dragons right?'
My eyes, wide open from shock. I couldn't say anything even if I tried. I looked over to Wendy and Gajeel. Their expressions were the same as mine, surprised and shocked yet unable to express their curiosity.
Someone finally spoke in the crowd of bewildered members. "So how did you learn this dragon slayer magic Selene?" It was none other than Gramps.
"Well..." Selene's voice trailed off into the air. "I learned this magic from all the dragons in the Realm. Including Grandine, Metallicana, and Igneel. I possess every single element of the dragon's power; fire, sky, iron, water, earth, lightning, shadow, light, and even celestial dragon slaying magic."
"C-celestial?" Stuttered Lucy still staring at the long black-haired girl.
Selene gave a light nod, "But you see even if I have mastered all the elements, my main one is... dark dragon slaying magic."
I finally could push out words from my gaping mouth. "Dark. Dragon. Slaying. Magic?"
"Yes, but I only use it when I am flowing with darkness inside me. But my darkness isn't the same as evil. My darkness energy comes from my hatred and anger. Much like when one of your members get hurt. You get angry and start flowing with hate." Selene paused almost hesitant to keep speaking.
"Let's go inside and continue talking about this." Erza proposed.
We all nodded our heads without saying another word and walked into the guild hall.
LUCY/POV
When everyone took a seat at one of the tables, they all sat quietly, but I could tell they had as much questions as I had to ask. Especially Natsu, he stilll had that look in his eyes, it may look like a mean glare, but they were filled with confusion.
I still couldn't think straight after hearing that Selene could use celestial magic. I can't help but wonder about what kind of magic this would be. I thought it couldn't have been anything like summoning spirits because she seemed surprised when I introduced her to Plue.
My train of thought was interrupted when Selene continued to speak.
"As I was saying earlier, my main magic is dark. I learned this from a dragon also."
"Don't tell me. It can't be..." Gajeel mumbled under his breath enough for me as well as the rest of Team Natsu to hear.
"Acnologia." Selene's words silenced everyone's thoughts. "He was the one who attacked you at Tenrou Island several years ago. At the time I had just finished training with him and mastered my dark abilities. Yet, for some reason, he left. It wasn't until 7 days later he returned to the Dragon Realm. The news leaked out because one of the dragons was training near him and heard his growling about attacking some island. When the information was reported to the three leaders of the dragons, Igneel, Metallicana, and Grandine, he was banished to another part of the Realm. I was surprised by their harsh punishment, but I realized why it was so rash. You guys had a S-class wizard thingy going and the children of the lead dragons were part of it, so all in all, he got banned because he hurt their kids."
I was astonished to hear about Tenrou Island coming into this conversation. Then Natsu started to throw questions at Selene once again.
"Do you anything about the disappearance of the dragons? And why were you in the Dragon Realm in the first place?"
Instead of Wendy and Gajeel holding him back, it was Erza. So he immediately shut himself up.
Selene answered his questions, "You see, there is this thing where there's a king and queen of the dragons and they all left because they had to train the next heir to the throne. Which would be me."
"So you're like a dragon princess?" Wendy said, engaged into the story.
"Indeed, but there was someone in line before me. And that would be... Lucy Heartfilia."
"Excuse me?" I gasped.
"How the hell does Luce come into this." Natsu cursed out of the blue once he heard my name.
I was even more confused than I was before. 'Does that mean I'm a dragon princess? There was no way that could've been true. Plus, I'm an only child, she can't be my sister. Is she? No she can't. She doesn't look much like me. Her black hair and golden eyes were not similar at all. But the shape of her face and the way she smiled, was a lot like me.'
"Before Lucy's mother, Layla, married to her father, Jude Heartfilia, Layla's last name was Dargon. She was next in line at that time. Layla Dargon went to the Earthlands one day and fell in love with a man named Jude and had a child with him as well. They decided it was best for you to stay in the Earthlands with your parents and be raised in comfort. But Layla Heartfilia was sick before she even had you and when you were born her condition deteriorated even quicker. She never told you this, but she had a sister in the Dragon Realm who took her place as queen in the long run. Her sister had me, so I could inherit the throne when it was your turn to be the heir because you were living peacefully in the Earthlands. At around the time Layla passed away, that's when the dragon left their foster children to train the heir to the throne." Selene said sadly as she looked down at her feet.
"So technically we're cousins." I added. Selene nodded her head.
I was surprised I was related to royalty, but if it wasn't for my mother, I wouldn't have met Fairy Tail.
"But wait that doesn't explain why you are here Selene." Erza pointed out as she sat.
"The reason why I'm not in the Dragon Realm right now is because I was sent here by my mother to live here with Lucy."
"Why so?" I asked concerned.
But Selene just shrugged her shoulders and started becoming shy again. I noticed her actions and tried to change the subject.
"So how does that celestial magic of yours work?"
Selene flinched in surprise from my question. "Oh. Well it's a lot like your magic where you can summon spirits, but instead I can summon..."
"Summon what? You can tell us no need to worry." Wendy reassured.
air, making a golden magic circle appear. "Which dragon slayer wants to go first?"
Everyone looked at her in curiosity, so Natsu spoke up. "I will!"
Not know what was going to happen, I waited anticipating what she was going to do. Selene nodded at Natsu and focused back onto the magic circle. She lit a fire-ball into her hand and forced her arm into the circle. There she chanted, "I call you to my side! The fire dragon! Igneel!" A bright white light flashed through the entire guild hall, almost blinding everyone inside. A deep might call vibrated through the ears of the members, the roar only I knew Natsu would recognize.
NATSU/POV
When the light almost fried my eyeballs, I heard the call I haven't heard for years. When the light died down and my eyes readjusted to the brightness, I looked around to find him, my father. Nothing changed, no one new was there, no dragon. My face shown the disappointment I had felt deep down inside.
"What the hell was that for? I don't see a anything anywhere!" I screamed at Selene with all my might, tears forming in the corners of my eyes.
It's been a while since I cried, at Tenrou Island when I fought Guildarts.
Selene just smirked as I backed off in frustration. "Oh really? Follow me."
"Why should I!" I roared as I could feel everyone stare at me.
"Just do it ok, calm down buddy." She said, as she held my hand and gestured me to follow her out side of the hall.
Since I had to, I walked outside trying to wipe the tears off my eyes. When I could see again, I was now standing in front of a large, red fire-breathing dragon.
"Ig -ne-el." I whispered, frozen from shock once again.
After all this time, I finally could see him.
"Igneel!" I screamed, letting of Selene's hand and running towards the mighty beast. The tears started flowing from my eyes once again but heavily. I couldn't stop crying as I hugged my father who disappeared so many years ago.
"Natsu. I missed you." Igneel's hands or well, claws, ruffled my hair as he spoke to me. "You've grown into a fine young man my son."
NORMAL/POV
Natsu continued bawl at the foot of the red dragon as everyone rushed out to see Natsu's tears of joy.
"It's a reunion." Selene smiled as she looked at Wendy and Gajeel. "It's your turn to meet your parents."
They both gasped and glanced at each then back to Selene and nodded their heads. Selene redrew the magic circle but two at the same time and turned one hand into iron and the other into a ball of wind.
"I call you to my side! The iron dragon and sky dragon! Metallicana and Grandine!" She chanted as a white dragon and a black dragon appeared beside Igneel.
Wendy ran up to Grandine and Gajeel to Metallicana. Wendy cried and Gajeel shed tears for the first time when they were reunited with their foster parents. The other guild members, including Lucy, Gray, Erza, Happy, Carla, and Lily, smiled for their friends' reunion.
